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SpaceX Rocket Fuel Makes Stunning Swirl In European Sky

A stunning blue and white spiral spotted in skies across Europe late Monday was created by frozen fuel tumbling from a SpaceX rocket, according to weather forecasters and scientists.

International Business Times

US Space Force celebrates return of 1st Guardian to launch to space (photos)

U.S. Space Force Col. Nick Hague is back on Earth after living on the International Space Station for the last five-plus months.

Space

Doge cuts allow Musk to cash in with SpaceX and Starlink contracts, ex-workers warn

Tech CEO accused of aiming to privatize space and satellite operations as federal agencies reportedly seek contracts

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What was the glowing blue spiral seen in the night sky above Europe?

Mysterious markings were reported in the sky on Monday night, but the explanation for them is more manmade than extraterrestrial.

Euronews

Alien hopes crash to earth as glowing spiral over UK traced to SpaceX rocket

Swirl visible for several minutes is thought to have been caused by frozen exhaust plume from Falcon 9

The Guardian - UK

Mysterious blue spiral spotted over European skies. What was it? (photos)

A strange blue spiral lit up the sky over Europe on Monday night (March 24), with residents of the UK and other countries speculating on its true nature on social media.

Space

Huge, eerie spiral lights up the sky – but there is an official explanation

Frozen exhaust fumes caused strange spectacle, UK’s Met Office says

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SpaceX launch more than 4,000 miles away blamed for glowing spiral in UK skies

The Met Office said exhaust fumes from a rocket launched in Florida caused the glowing celestial display.

Evening Standard

What is the mysterious spiral spotted in the sky? Scientists reveal cause of strange ‘space portal’

The strange shape is believed to have been caused by a Space X rocket

Evening Standard

Musk Gets No Mercy After Revealing DOGE Workers Face Death Threats 'On a Daily Basis': 'Who Cares'

Musk is heard off camera at a cabinet meeting—raising the issue of death threats directed at DOGE employees—before Trump interrupts him and ends filming.

Latin Times

SpaceX launches secret US spy satellite on 19th anniversary of company's 1st-ever liftoff (video, photos)

SpaceX launched its third mission of the year for the United States' spy satellite agency today (March 24), the 19th anniversary of the company's first-ever liftoff.

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Private SpaceX Fram2 mission ready for world's 1st crewed flight over Earth's polar regions (photos)

SpaceX plans to make spaceflight history this month, by launching the first crewed mission to explore Earth's polar regions.

Space

Elon Musk Claims Starlink Can't Operate in South Africa Because He's 'Not Black'

Elon Musk took to social media to claim that Starlink, his international telecommunications provider, cannot obtain a license to operate in South Africa because he, as the CEO of SpaceX, is not black.

Latin Times

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 153 — Pathways to Mars

On Episode 153 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Robert Zubrin, founder and president of The Mars Society, about making real, actionable plans to send a crew to Mars.

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In Pictures: The week in Culture

If a picture paints a thousand words... here’s all you need to know or may have missed about this past week in Culture (17-21 March 2025).

Fortune

Elon Musk’s China briefing highlights possible advantages for SpaceX and Tesla, which have billions in fed contracts and deep ties to China

Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has $22 billion in contracts with the federal government.

The Conversation

A 1930s movement wanted to merge the US, Canada and Greenland. Here’s why it has modern resonances

A movement that wanted to merge North America into one nation and extend its borders as far as the Panama Canal might sound incredibly familiar. But this group, called the “technocracy movement”, was a group of 1930s nonconformists with big ideas about how to rearrange US society. They proposed a…

The Guardian - US

Trump makes rare admission of Musk’s conflicts of interest after Pentagon visit

President says plans for potential war with China would not be shared with billionaire due to his business interests

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Is Tesla Stock a Buy on Elon Musk’s Plans to Send Optimus to Mars?

Musk’s company SpaceX plans to carry the humanoid robot to the red planet.

The National (Scotland)

Pentagon briefing 'set up for Elon Musk to discuss secret China war plans'

A BRIEFING was reportedly set up for Elon Musk on a possible war between China and the US.

International Business Times

SEC Vs. Musk: Summons Over Twitter Stock Lawsuit Sparks Drama At SpaceX HQ

The summons was delivered at SpaceX headquarters, but security guards refused to accept it, prompting the process server to leave the documents on the ground while the guards photographed him and his car.

The Independent UK

Meet the cost-cutting engineer who runs the day-to-day operations of DOGE and is a ‘blind servant’ to Musk

Elon Musk once compared Steve Davis to chemo: ‘A little chemo can save your life; a lot of chemo could kill you’

Space

When space meets sea, Crew-9 Dragon meets dolphins: Space photo of the day

A pod of bottlenose dolphins seemingly took interest in the capsule that dropped out of the sky, circling and surfacing as SpaceX team members worked to recover their spacecraft.

Space

SpaceX sets new rocket-reuse record on launch of US spy satellites (video)

SpaceX set a new rocket-reuse record early Friday morning (March 21) when it launched a batch of spy satellites for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office.

The Conversation

Thousands of satellites are due to burn up in the atmosphere every year – damaging the ozone layer and changing the climate

The world’s first artificial satellite, the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1, was launched in October 1957. Just three months later, it fell out of orbit. As Sputnik hit the upper atmosphere at incredible speed, the friction would have caused it to heat up and almost entirely burn off. Some small remnants…

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